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Topic: Alert

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CrowdStrike IT outage

A recent bad update from cyber security company CrowdStrike for their Falcon software caused PCs to become unusable, able only to display the so-called “blue screen of death” or “BSOD”. …

10,000,000,000 stolen passwords published

A record-breaking collection of stolen passwords has just been published. Dubbed “RockYou2024”, it is a compilation of previously published stolen passwords. Since the list was last published in 2021, around …

Scam phone calls from 0800 CERT NZ

CERT NZ say they have reports of people receiving phone calls which appear to be from 0800 CERT NZ (0800 2378 69), which is CERT NZ’s official phone number. The …

File sharing phishing campaign in NZ

CERT NZ are warning of a file sharing phishing campaign in NZ. Compromised accounts are being used to send phishing messages from trusted or known contacts. The phishing messages will …